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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Rita Bne <rita_bne1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rita_paul35@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:09:10 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hello Dear




Hello Dear



how was your day,hope all is well with you,



My Name Is Rita,i am intrested to know more about you,so here is my e mail address,jsut contact me back so that we will know each other batter,please don't forget that distance or color does not mean any thing,because i have something VERY important to tell you. Lots of love . .(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life,so here is my e mail ID rita_paul35@yahoo.com i will be waiting to hear from you,

please contact me with my e mail address,so that we will know each other batter,

Yours New Friend

RITA



rita_paul35@yahoo.com

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